'''BRIDE NEXT'''. AKA and see "[[My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing (1)]]." Scottish, Jig (6/8 or 6/4). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A "double-tonic" (e.g. G Major-A Major) tune. The jig was printed in London publisher Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance airs, '''Original Scotch-Tunes''' (p. 8). In the 18th century it acquired the alternate title "My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing," still current.
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''Printed sources:'' Alburger ('''Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music'''), 1983; Ex. 10, p. 27. Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 10, p. 26. Playford ('''A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes'''), 1700; No. 18, p. 8.
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Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
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X:1
T:Bride Next
N:My wife's a wanton wee thing
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Henry Playford - A Collection of Original Scotch-Tunes, (Full of the
B:Highland Humours) for the violin (London, 1700, No. 18, p. 8)
N:"Most of them being in the Compass of the Flute."
Z:AK/FIddler's Companion
K:D
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A3B A2 (F2D2)F2|A6 F6|G3A G2E2C2E2|G6 E4 FG|
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